Over the years Sony has gotten increasingly involved with anime, and this was highlighted yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Top people at the company presented on stage: Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini, Aniplex President Atsuhiro Iwakami, and the President and COO over all of …Read more »
Crunchyroll is a major anime streaming platform, but according to a report by Bloomberg, things aren’t all rosy in the company. The report bases this opinion after interviewing 18 former and current employees (none of whom wanted to publicly share their names) and looking at …Read more »
In late October, veteran anime voice actor and director David Wald accused Crunchyroll of opening his private mail, tossing out his letters, and giving the gifts fans sent him to Crunchyroll workers. Crunchyroll responded that it was investigating the situation, and hasn’t said anything further. …Read more »
Prolific anime voice actor and director David Wald, whose credits include voicing Hannes in Attack on Titan and Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu in My Hero Academia, has accused Crunchyroll of illegally opening his mail and more. In a post seen more than seven million times on X …Read more »
It’s October, which means a lot more Halloween-related things will be rolling out. Crunchyroll is doing a few things for the holiday, including making some of its horror titles more easily available. For starters, Crunchyroll is offering an additional 20 horror anime titles on their …Read more »
The hot weather is here, and Crunchyroll has unveiled its summer lineup of simulcasts! Let’s take a look at what titles are starting on what dates. The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human begins on June 26. SHY Season 2 and …Read more »
Anime Expo in Los Angeles is now less than a month away, and Crunchyroll has revealed it has a slew of things going on, including offering more than 20 panels and premieres, and bringing in voice talents from both the Japanese and English dubs of …Read more »
Crunchyroll stated that it’s upping the costs on its Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan subscriptions. This is happening in the U.S., Argentina, Colombia, France, Portugal and “select other countries.” The Mega Fan tier, which was $9.99 each month, will now be $11.99 each month. As …Read more »
Rahul Purini, the president of Crunchyroll, mentioned in a recent interview that the company was experimenting with using AI for subtitles. This got a generally negative response from many anime fans, with their main contentions being that AI cannot properly translate Japanese with its subtleties, …Read more »
The Crunchyroll 2024 Anime Awards took place over the weekend. JUJUTSU KAISEN did really well all over, and many of Chainsaw Man’s Denji voice actors in various languages got honored. Let’s take a look at all the winners below! Best Continuing Anime Series – One …Read more »
Crunchyroll is making waves in the anime industry over its decision not to let digital copies people bought on Funimation transfer over, and The Verge recently wrote an article on how difficult its writer found getting any kind of help from Crunchyroll. Now another controversy …Read more »
Funimation is officially shutting down in the beginning of April as part of its merger with Crunchyroll. However, digital copies at Funimation are not transferring, which is controversial to many anime fans. Crunchyroll has since responded. “[We] are working really hard directly with each [customer] …Read more »
The Funimation app and website will be no more after April 2, which is being referred to as its “sunset.” This is part of Funimation merging with Crunchyroll, but the fact that digital copy transferring isn’t happening is bothering a lot of anime fans, according …Read more »
Crunchyroll has announced the lineup of categories (including some new ones) and the judges (this time a wider variety) for the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Here are all the categories: Best Original Anime Best Character Design Best Animation Best Continuing Series Best Art Director Best …Read more »
Crunchyroll is going to become available through Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in four countries, with more countries added next year. Right now this offer is becoming available for audiences in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Sweden. While we’re informed of a 2024 extension …Read more »
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